Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/September

This is the September archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2024.

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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
tên cúng cơm noun (informal) posthumous name (proscribed) home name, child's nickname used in the household (proscribed) official name, birth name
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
سر و برگ • (sar o barg) noun equipment, apparatus, means (of doing something) desire, inclination, preference
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
moralność Kalego noun (derogatory, idiom, literary) double standard (way of judging the same behavior as good when the speaker does it but as bad when the perpetrator is someone else)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Achtungserfolg noun an instance of relative success that garners respect (e.g. by exceeding expectations) despite the primary aim not being achieved
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
complexo de vira-lata noun (Brazil) the national inferiority complex of Brazil
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Foreign word of the day  in Fala
dedais de bruja noun (Valverdeñu) foxglove (especially mullein foxglove and common foxglove) (literally, “witch's thimbles”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
گاوسار • (gâvsâr) noun (historical) mace adorned with the head of an ox
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Foreign word of the day  in French
vinasse noun (chemistry) vinasse (informal, derogatory) plonk (poor-quality, bad-tasting wine)
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Foreign word of the day  in Estonian
kaelkirjak noun (northern) giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
होड़ी • (hoṛī) noun (regional) a small flat-bottomed boat (made of a hollowed tree)
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
bachelrie noun (countable) a group of knights or squires (uncountable) chivalry; knighthood
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
fīcātum noun liver, from an animal fattened on figs
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ลงถนน • (long-tà-nǒn) verb (intransitive) to take to the streets (for a protest)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
бесе́дка • (besédka) noun arbor, gazebo, pavilion (a shady place for sitting)
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Foreign word of the day  in Punjabi
نِگّھ • (niggh) noun heat, warmth peace, calmness (poetic) desire, love
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
完璧歸趙 / 完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào) idiom to return something to its owner in good condition (literally, “to return the jade disc intact to the State of Zhao”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
स्थूल • (sthūlá) adjective large, stout, bulky, fat dense, thick dull, stupid, ignorant gross, rough, approximate (philosophy) tangible, outwardly-visible
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
πῠρέσσω • (puréssō) verb to be feverish, to have a fever
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
lozano adjective fresh; lush; verdant healthy-looking bushy
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Church Slavonic
сꙑнъ • (synŭ) noun son descendant, offspring baby animal
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
corsivo adjective, noun (adjective, obsolete, also figurative) running; flowing (adjective, obsolete, very rare) current, valid (of currency) (adjective) cursive (of writing) (adjective, typography) italic (noun) cursive script (noun, typography, uncountable) italics (noun, journalism) commentary, editorial
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